"I had a sleepover birthday party with about eight girls that happened to fall on Friday the 13th. We wanted to find a good scary movie to watch, and my mom suggested The Shining. Did I mention it was my 10th birthday? I was clearly used to watching super scary movies, but some of my friends really couldn't handle it. We decided to stop half way through and finished it in the morning while eating leftover birthday cake. Even though we were all pretty terrified by Jack Torrance and Room 237 at the time, whenever I talk to my childhood friends, they still bring up this party and say The Shining is one of the of their favourite movies." — Joanna Douglas, senior Native editorial director
"When I was about 10, I was having a sleepover with my sisters and my cousins, and my uncle announced it was time for all of us to see The Shining (I have NO idea why). We were terrified, but also kind of intrigued. I actually don't remember being that scared, but I do remember my cousin and I were huddled together on the couch and I put my hands over his eyes when the naked lady emerged from the bathtub." — Becky Kirsch, senior director, content strategy
"The year was 2001, and my dad and I were settling in to watch The Shining. My dad has a funny ability to forget how scary and weird things are. That's when my mom realised what we were about to watch. She immediately protested, and my parents argued about it for weeks. It took a year (so yes, basically my mom won) before I was allowed to rent it from the video store. I watched it by myself, which is probably for the best because there's a lot of NSFWWYP (Not Safe For Watching With Your Parents) moments. My mom was 100 percent right. That movie is terrifying. I'm not sure if anyone is old enough to see it at all, like ever. I'm getting chills right now." — Julie Calnero, email marketing manager